Download or read book Spiritus Paraclitus written by Catholic Church. Pope (1914-1922 : Benedict XV) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spiritus Paraclitus on St Jerome written by Pope Benedict XV and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt: Since the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, had bestowed the Scriptures on the human race for their instruction in Divine things, He also raised up in successive ages saintly and learned men whose task it should be to develop that treasure and so provide for the faithful plenteous "consolation from the Scriptures." Foremost among these teachers stands St. Jerome. Him the Catholic Church acclaims and reveres as her "Greatest Doctor," divinely given her for the understanding of the Bible. And now that the fifteenth centenary of his death is approaching we would not willingly let pass so favorable an opportunity of addressing you on the debt we owe him. For the responsibility of our Apostolic office impels us to set before you his wonderful example and so promote the study of Holy Scripture in accordance with the teaching of our predecessors, Leo XIII and Pius X, which we desire to apply more precisely still to the present needs of the Church. For St. Jerome - "strenuous Catholic, learned in the Scriptures," "teacher of Catholics," "model of virtue, world's teacher" - has by his earnest and illuminative defense of Catholic doctrine on Holy Scripture left us most precious instructions. These we propose to set before you and so promote among the children of the Church, and especially among the clergy, assiduous and reverent study of the Bible. 2. No need to remind you, Venerable Brethren, that Jerome was born in Stridonia, in a town "on the borders of Dalmatia and Pannonia"; that from his infancy he was brought up a Catholic; that after his baptism here in Rome he lived to an advanced age and devoted all his powers to studying, expounding, and defending the Bible. At Rome he had learned Latin and Greek, and hardly had he left the school of rhetoric than he ventured on a Commentary on Abdias the Prophet. This "youthful piece of work" kindled in him such love of the Bible that he decided - like the man in the Gospel who found a treasure - to spurn "any emoluments the world could provide," and devote himself wholly to such studies. Nothing could deter him from this stern resolve. He left home, parents, sister, and relatives; he denied himself the more delicate food he had been accustomed to, and went to the East so that he might gather from studious reading of the Bible the fuller riches of Christ and true knowledge of his Savior. Jerome himself tells us in several places how assiduously he toiled: An eager desire to learn obsessed me. But I was not so foolish as to try and teach myself. At Antioch I regularly attended the lectures of Apollinaris of Laodicea; but while I learned much from him about the Bible, I would never accept his doubtful teaching about its interpretation. 3. From Antioch took to the desert of Chalcis, in Syria, to perfect himself in his knowledge of the Bible, and at the same time to curb "youthful desires" by means of hard study. Here he engaged a convert Jew to teach him Hebrew and Chaldaic. What a toil it was! How difficult I found it! How often I was on the point of giving it up in despair, and yet in my eagerness to learn took it up again! Myself can bear witness of this, and so, too, can those who had lived with me at the time. Yet I thank God for the fruit I won from that bitter seed.
Download or read book Spiritus Paraclitus written by Pope Benedict XV and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spiritus Paraclitus" from Pope Benedict XV. Pope from September 3, 1914 to January 22, 1922, he succeeded Pope Pius X (1854-1922).
Download or read book The Illuminated Manuscripts in the Library of the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge written by Fitzwilliam Museum. Library and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman written by C. David Benson and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-version of Piers Plowman, probably the only version authorised by Langland, is the one most frequently read today, and the most influential form of the poem. This catalogue of the 18 extant manuscripts, now located in Cambridge, London, Oxford, Tokyo, and San Marino, California, offers both individual manuscript descriptions and a record of the annotations. The new and detailed codicological descriptions include information on provenance and ownership; a full list of the contents; and a description of the physical make-up and the presentation of each manuscript. The substantial first full account of the various textual annotations in each manuscript (whether produced by the original scribes or later readers) provides the best record available of how Piers Plowman was understood by its earliest audience.
Download or read book A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture written by Thomas Merton and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Merton gave numerous conferences during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani. In A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture, Patrick F. O'Connell presents one of these, a wide-ranging introduction to biblical studies. Drawing on church tradition, teaching of recent papal documents, and scholarly resources of the time, Merton reveals the central importance of the Scriptures for the spiritual growth of his listeners. For Merton, at the heart of any meaningful reading of the Scriptures, not only for monks but for all Christians, is the invitation to respond not just intellectually but with the whole self, to recognize the gospel as 'good news', as a saving, liberating, consoling, challenging word, reflecting his fundamental belief that 'the Holy Spirit enlightens us, in our reading, to see how our own lives are part of these great mysteries - how we are one with Jesus in them'. O'Connell's extensive introduction situates this reflection in the context of Merton's evolving engagement with the Bible from his own days as a student monk through the mature reflections from his final years on the biblical renewal in the wake of the Second Vatican Council..
Download or read book The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman The Crowley text or text B written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman together with Vita de Dowel Dobet et Dobest secundum Wit et Resoun written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Text v 2 Preface notes and glossary written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman in Three Parallel Texts written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Text written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman Text written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three parallel texts of Piers Plowman, together with Richard the Redless'.
Download or read book The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman written by Walter W. Skeat and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book Sonnets and Madrigals of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by Michaelangelo Buonarroti and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michelangelo, who considered himself as primarily sculptor, afterwards painter, disclaimed the character of poet by profession. He was nevertheless prolific in verse; the pieces which survive, in number more than two hundred, probably represent only a small part of his activity in this direction. These compositions are not to be considered merely as the amusement of leisure, the byplay of fancy; they represent continued meditation, frequent reworking, careful balancing of words; he worked on a sonnet or a madrigal in the same manner as on a statue, conceived with ardent imagination, undertaken with creative energy, pursued under the pressure of a superabundance of ideas, occasionally abandoned in dissatisfaction, but at other times elaborated to that final excellence which exceeds as well as includes all merits of the sketch, and, as he himself said, constitutes a rebirth of the idea into the realm of eternity. In the sculptor’s time, the custom of literary society allowed and encouraged interchange of verses. If the repute of the writer or the attraction of the rhymes commanded interest, these might be copied, reach an expanding circle, and achieve celebrity. In such manner, partly through the agency of Michelangelo himself, the sonnets of Vittoria Colonna came into circulation, and obtained an acceptance ending in a printed edition. But the artist did not thus arrange his own rhymes, does not appear even to have kept copies; written on stray leaves, included in letters, they remained as loose memoranda, or were suffered altogether to disappear. The fame of the author secured attention for anything to which he chose to set his hand; the verses were copied and collected, and even gathered into the form of books; one such manuscript gleaning he revised with his own hand. The sonnets became known, the songs were set to music, and the recognition of their merit induced a contemporary author, in the seventy-first year of the poet’s life, to deliver before the Florentine Academy a lecture on a single sonnet. Diffusion through the printing-press, however, the poems did not attain. Not until sixty years after the death of their author did a grand-nephew, also called Michelangelo Buonarroti, edit the verse of his kinsman; in this task he had regard to supposed literary proprieties, conventionalizing the language and sentiment of lines which seemed harsh or impolite, supplying endings for incomplete compositions, and in general doing his best to deprive the verse of an originality which the age was not inclined to tolerate. The recast was accepted as authentic, and in this mutilated form the poetry remained accessible. Fortunately the originals survived, partly in the handwriting of the author, and in 1863 were edited by Guasti. The publication added to the repute of the compositions, and the sonnets especially have become endeared to many English readers.
Download or read book The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman written by William Langland and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Piers Plowman written by William Langland and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Piers Plowman" is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem attributed to William Langland, a 14th-century poet. Key features of "Piers Plowman" include: Allegorical and Dream Vision: The poem takes the form of a dream vision, a popular literary device of the time. The narrator, often referred to as Will, dreams of a journey seeking the true Christian life. The Character Piers Plowman: Piers Plowman, a symbolic figure representing the common man or the Christian striving for a virtuous life, is the central character. The narrative follows Piers through various trials and tribulations. Social and Religious Critique: "Piers Plowman" is known for its profound social and religious critique. It addresses issues such as corruption in the Church, the shortcomings of the ruling class, and the challenges faced by ordinary people. Three Versions: The poem exists in three major versions: A, B, and C. Each version represents a revision and expansion of the previous one, reflecting Langland's evolving ideas and the changing social and political landscape. Alliterative Verse: Langland wrote "Piers Plowman" in a form of alliterative verse, a poetic tradition that relies on the repetition of initial consonant sounds. "Piers Plowman" is a complex and multifaceted work, and interpretations of its meaning have varied. It is often studied for its linguistic richness, social commentary, and insights into the religious and philosophical concerns of the time.
